FINAL REPORT Supplement to Evaluation of the Transition to ...

F I N A L RE P O R T

Supplement to Evaluation of the Transition to High-Value Agriculture Project in Moldova: Baseline Findings from the 2013–2014 Farm Operator Survey

October 23, 2015

Evan Borkum Seth B. Morgan Jane Fortson Alex Johann Kenneth Fortson Submitted to: Millennium Challenge Corporation 875 Fifteenth St., NW Washington, DC 20005

Project Officer: Rebecca Goldsmith Contract Number: MCC-10-0114-CON-20/TO01

Submitted by: Mathematica Policy Research 505 14th Street, Suite 800 Oakland, CA 94612-1475 Telephone: (510) 830-3700 Facsimile: (510) 830-3701

Project Directors: Jane Fortson and Kenneth Fortson Reference Number: 06865

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CONTENTS MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH

CONTENTS

APPENDIX D SMALL AND MEDIUM FARM QUESTIONNAIRE .............................................................D.1

APPENDIX E LARGE FARM QUESTIONNAIRE ..................................................................................... E.1

DRAFT iii

APPENDIX D

SMALL AND MEDIUM FARM QUESTIONNAIRE

APPENDIX D: SMALL AND MEDIUM FARM QUESTIONNAIRE MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH

MOLDOVA 2013/2014 FARM OPERATOR SURVEY

FOS 2013/2014 sample FOS interview 1. Name / text 2. Code 3. Name / text Complete these columns before the

interview based on the sampling data Based on the interview

FARM LEVEL INFORMATION X. 1 Farm area _ _ _. _ _ ha _ _ _. _ _ ha X. 2 Farm operator X. 3 Respondent X. 4 CIS X. 5 Sample ID

PLOT LEVEL INFORMATION X. 6 Cadastral code X. 7 Plot area _ _ _. _ _ ha _ _ _. _ _ ha X. 8 Plot owner

(1) Include precise information on farm area, in decimals (2) If total farm area based on interview (X.1.3) is <100 ha, continue with Small and Medium Farm Questionnaire; if ≥100 ha, continue with Large Farm Questionnaire.

X. 9. Before beginning the survey, I would like to ask you a question to determine if you are eligible to complete the survey. [Show the respondent the cadastral code and point out the plot on a map.] During the 2013 agricultural season, did your farm operate this plot?

Yes, my farm operation cultivated crops on this plot 1 “You are eligible to complete the survey.” Continue

Yes, my farm operation had control of this plot, even though it was uncultivated

2 “You are eligible to complete the survey.” Continue

No, my farm operation did not have control over what happened on this plot

3 Code interview result as “farm/HH is not eligible” in Q4-Q6; ASK FIELD SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT

Refused 89 Code interview result as “refused” in Q4-Q6; ASK FIELD SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT

Don’t know 99 Code interview result as “other” in Q4-Q6; ASK FIELD SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT

Name Code Q 1. Region (in capitals) Q 2. District/rayon (in capitals) Q 3. Settlement/village (in capitals)

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MOLDOVA SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARM OPERATOR SURVEY (2013/2014) Consent Statement: Hello, my name is (First name, last name):

I represent the Agribusiness Development Institute, which is fielding the Farm Operator Survey in

Moldova. The study is funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an agency of the U.S.

Government, and is being guided by Mathematica Policy Research, a US-based organization.

You have been selected for an interview based on the fact that you farm a land plot located in an

“Apele Moldovei” Central Irrigation System Area or adjacent to this area. Your participation is

very important to understand the situation of farmers in your region. The information that we will

collect will serve to measure the impact of rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure in Moldova.

Your reliable answers are very important for us.

The interview will take approximately two hours.

All the information we obtain will remain strictly confidential. This information will not be

released in any way that would allow identification of yourself, your household, or your answers.

This information will be used for evaluation purposes only, and all identifiable information such

as names or contact information will be removed.

Your participation is voluntary and you may choose not to answer any or all questions for any

reason.

You may contact ADI’s Regional Coordinator for this survey, at a number I can provide, if you

have questions, concerns, or complaints about the study or your rights as a participant.

Do you have any questions before we begin?

Questionnaire #

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INTERVIEWER VISITS

Q 4. Visit 1 Q 5. Visit 2 Q 6. Visit 3 – final 1. Date [DD] [MM] [YYYY] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _]

2. Interviewer (in capitals) name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ID:_ _ _ _ _

name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ID:_ _ _ _ _

name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ID:_ _ _ _ _

3. Interview time

Start [HH] [MM] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] End [HH] [MM] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _]

4. Visit result see result codes below [_ _] [_ _] [_ _]

5. Appointment for the next visit

Date [DD] [MM] [YYYY] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _]

Time [HH] [MM] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] Location _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

DON’T FILL THE TABLE! Use codes to fill in 4. visit result above.

Interview result codes:

Interview completed 1 No one home 2 Make next appointment Farmer not available 3 Make next appointment Incomplete 4 Make next appointment Refused 5 Farm/HH is not eligible 6 Farm/HH not located 7 Other (Specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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A. HOUSEHOLD ROSTER I would like to ask you some questions about all the members of your household, both present and absent. When I say “your household” I mean people who lived in your household for 3 or more months out of the past year and contributed to or shared the same budget. I would like to ask questions about you, your spouse, your children, and other members of the household.

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A5. Is this person male or female? 1. Male 2. Female 89. Refused 99. DNK

A6. Age of person 899. Refused 999. DNK

A7. What was (his/her) primary residence during the 2013 agricultural season? 1. In village/on

farm 2. Other village 3. In raion center 4. Chisinau/Balti/

Tiraspol/Bender 5. Out of the

country 89. Refused 99. DNK

Complete columns for ALL household members marked in A1.

1 Husband 1 1 1 1 1 2 Wife 2 2 2 2 2 3 Child 1 3 3 3 3 4 Child 2 4 4 4 4 5 Child 3 5 5 5 5 6 Child 4 6 6 6 6 7 Child 5 7 7 7 7 8 Son in law/daughter in law 8 8 8 8 9 Son in law/daughter in law 9 9 9 9

10 Grandchild 10 10 10 10 11 Grandchild 11 11 11 11 12 Grandchild 12 12 12 12 13 Grandparent 13 13 13 13 14 Grandparent 14 14 14 14 15 Other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15 15 15 15 16 Other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16 16 16 16 17 Other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17 17 17 17

Don’t know 99 99

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B. HOUSEHOLD, FARM, AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS

Use the following codes for B1:

1 = Only me 2 = Only my spouse 3 = Both me and my spouse 4 = Other family member 5 = All family members equally

88 = Not applicable 89 = Refused 99 = Don’t know

B 1. I’d like to ask you about your farm. Please tell me: [Read out the list of codes; enter code in each row]

B 2. In the 2013 agricultural season, how many person-days did household members work on your farm? [Estimate person-days]

Men Women Person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99

B 3. Excluding household members, in the 2013 agricultural season, how many paid full-time laborers worked on your farm? [Estimate persons]

Men Women

Persons _ _ _ _ persons _ _ _ _ persons

Refused -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99

B 4. Excluding household members, in the 2013 agricultural season, how many paid part-time laborers worked on your farm? [Estimate person-days]

Men Women Person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99

B 5. Which of the following assets do you or anyone in your household own? [Read out the list; mark all that apply; if household owns asset jointly with another household, mark as owned]

Farm buildings 1 Greenhouse 2 Tractor 3 Irrigation equipment 4 None 5

B 6. Did your household/farm rent space in an operational cold storage facility for storing your crops during the 2013 season? [One answer]

Yes 1

B1.1. Who in your household decided this season (2013) where and what crops to cultivate? B1.2. Who in your household decided this season (2013) when and where to sell crops cultivated? B1.3. Who in your household decided this season (2013) how much irrigation water to use?

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No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 7. Did your household/farm own or was it a shareholder of an operational cold storage facility for storing your crops during the 2013 season? [One answer]

Yes 1 Skip to B9 No 2 Continue Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 8. How close is the nearest operational cold storage facility to your farm? [One answer]

Less than 1 km 1 At least 1 km but less than 5 km 2 At least 5 km but less than 10 km 3 At least 10 km but less than 15 km 4 More than 15 km 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 9. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your current membership in producer / agricultural organizations.

B9.1. Are you a member of any producer / agricultural organizations? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to B10 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B9.2. Do you have a leadership position in any producer / agricultural organizations? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B9.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in producer / agricultural organizations to which you belong? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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B 10. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your current membership in any types of cooperatives related to production, business, and marketing of agricultural products.

B10.1. Are you a member of any cooperatives? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to B11 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B10.2. Do you have a leadership position in any cooperatives? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B10.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in cooperatives to which you belong? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 11. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your current membership in savings and credit associations.

B11.1. Are you a member of any savings and credit associations? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to Section C No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B11.2. Do you have a leadership position in any savings and credit associations? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B11.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in savings and credit associations to which you belong? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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C. FARM PRODUCTION, REVENUE, AND COSTS C 1. Now I’d like to ask you some questions about livestock production and revenue during the 2013 agricultural season. How many animals / poultry did you have as of the end of October 2013? [Enter number across each category; if no animals in a category, enter 0] C 2. During the 2013 agricultural season (01 November 2012 – 31 October 2013), how much did you receive from selling animals/poultry or selling animal/poultry production? [Include live animals, meat, eggs, cheese, etc; enter Lei; if production was bartered, enter estimated value in Lei] C 3. During the 2013 agricultural season, what was the value of animal/poultry production that was consumed in your household? [Include meat, eggs, etc.; estimate value in Lei]

Use the following codes: -89 = Refused; -99 = Don’t know

C1. Number owned C2. Revenue from sales in Lei

C3. Consumed in Household in Lei

Poultry Cow Sheep Goat Pig Bee (hive) Other

C 4. What is the area of your garden plot? [Enter Ares or ha]

Garden plot area [Enter Ares OR ha] _ _ _ _ _ Ares _ _ _ _ _ ha

Refused -89 Don’t know -99

C 5. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much did you receive from selling production from your garden plot? [Estimate in Lei]

Sales from garden plot _ _ _ _ _ Lei


C 6. During the 2013 agricultural season, what was the value of production from your garden plot that was consumed in your household? [Estimate in Lei]

Household consumption from garden plot _ _ _ _ _ Lei


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Now I’d like to ask you some questions about crop production and revenue in field plots (Art. 82 and Art. 11) and greenhouses during the 2013 agricultural season. I’m interested in learning separately about the land and crops that you operate in different areas. [SHOW MAPS]

C 7. Before completing C8 to C19, show the respondent the map and find out in which of the areas his / her household operates land plots (other than the garden plot). Please tell me, on which of these areas did your household/farm operate land during 2013 agricultural season? [Mark all that apply; not all maps will have Area B designated]

Operated land in Area A 1 Complete C8 to C19 for LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA A

Operated land in Area B 2 Complete C8 to C19 for LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA B

Operated land outside Area A and Area B 3 Complete C8 to C19 for LAND AND

CULTIVATION OUTSIDE AREA A AND AREA B

Don’t know 89 Complete C8 to C19 in the first table - LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA A – but describe land and cultivation over all land, not just Area A Refused 99

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When answering these questions, please tell me about the 2013 agricultural season (01 November 2012 – 31 October 2013) only.

[Interviewer: Ask for each area designated on the map: Area A, Area B, and the area that is neither Area A nor Area B. Note that the respondent should not include the garden plot]:

C 8. C8.1. In the 2013 agricultural season, how much land in an open field, including uncultivated land, was available to your farm in this area? [Insert ha] C8.2. How much land in covered areas, including uncultivated land, was available to your farm in this area? [Insert ha] C 9. C9.1. How much land in an open field in this area was uncultivated? C9.2. How much land in covered areas in this area was uncultivated? C 10. 10.1. How much land in an open field in this area was cultivated? C10.2. How much land in covered areas in this area was cultivated? [Interviewer: check that C9+C10=C8] C 11. Out of the land available in this area, how much was (1) owned, (2) rented, and (3) used for free? [Insert ha] [Interviewer: check that C11.1 + C11.2 + C11.3 = C8.1 + C8.2] C 12. [Ask if C11.2>0] How much did you pay for land rental in this area? [If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei] C 13. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in this area? [Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated] C 14. Now let me ask you some questions regarding the crops your farm / household cultivated in the 2013 agricultural season. Which crops did your farm cultivate in this area? [Show crop card; mark all cultivated crops; if the crop is not shown, please enter it at the bottom of the table] C 15. [Ask for each crop marked in C14] For each cultivated crop, on how much land in this area did you cultivate this crop in an open field? [Enter ha] C 16. [Ask for each crop marked in C14] For each cultivated crop, on how much land in this area did you cultivate this crop in a covered area? [Enter ha] C 17. [Ask for each crop with C15>0 or C16>0] For each crop cultivated in this area, how much was irrigated/watered? [Enter ha] C 18. [Ask for each crop marked in C14 that is grown in an orchard] Approximately how many trees did you cultivate in this area? C 19. [Ask for each crop marked in C14] For each cultivated crop, please tell me the volume harvested from all land in this area, including open field area and covered area. [Enter amount in tons unless specified as “item” (crops #22 & #23)]


For C15, C16, and C17, indicate each area in ha: 10000 m2 = 100 Ares = 1 ha

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LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA A: First, I’d like you to tell me about your land in Area A. [Show respondent area designated on the map]

1. Open field area, ha 2. Covered area, ha C8.A. Area available, including _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C9.A. Area uncultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha C10.A. Area cultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C11.A. How much is: C11.1.A. Owned _ _ _ _ _ ha C11.2.A. Rented _ _ _ _ _ ha C11.3.A. Used for free _ _ _ _ _ ha

C12.A. If rented: How much did you pay in total for land rental in Area A? If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

C13.A. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in Area A? Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated _ _ _ _ _ m3

Crop C14.A. Cultivated

crops

C15.A. Open field

area, ha

C16.A. Covered area, ha

C17.A. Area irrigated, ha (of

C15.A+C16.A)

C18.A. Number of

trees

C19.A. Amount

harvested, tons

1. Wheat 1 2. Barley 2 3. Oat 3 4. Corn 4 5. Sweet corn 5 6. Pea 6 7. Bean 7 8. Fodder plant/forage 8 9. Tobacco 9 10. Sunflower 10 11. Rapeseed 11 12. Soybean 12 13. Potato 13 14. Cabbage 14 15. Tomato 15 16. Pepper 16 17. Onion 17 18. Cucumber 18 19. Carrot 19 20. Watermelon 20 21. Seed 21 22. Veg. seedling (item) 22 23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 23 24. Natural pastures/hayfields 24 25. Apple 25 26. Pear 26 27. Sweet cherry 27 28. Plum 28 29. Peach 29 30. Apricot 30 31. Walnut 31 32. Strawberry 32 33. Table grape 33 34. Technical grape 34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _

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LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA B: Now, I’d like you to tell me about your land in Area B. [Show respondent area designated on the map]

1. Open field area, ha 2. Covered area, ha C8.B. Area available, including _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C9.B. Area uncultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha C10.B. Area cultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C11.B. How much is: C11.1.B. Owned _ _ _ _ _ ha C11.2.B. Rented _ _ _ _ _ ha C11.3.B. Used for free _ _ _ _ _ ha

C12.B. If rented: How much did you pay in total for land rental in Area B? If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

C13.B. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in Area B? Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated _ _ _ _ _ m3

Crop C14.B. Cultivated

crops

C15.B. Open field

area, ha

C16.B. Covered area, ha

C17.B. Area irrigated, ha (of C15.B+C16.B)

C18.B. Number of

trees

C19.B. Amount

harvested, tons

1. Wheat 1 2. Barley 2 3. Oat 3 4. Corn 4 5. Sweet corn 5 6. Pea 6 7. Bean 7 8. Fodder plant/forage 8 9. Tobacco 9 10. Sunflower 10 11. Rapeseed 11 12. Soybean 12 13. Potato 13 14. Cabbage 14 15. Tomato 15 16. Pepper 16 17. Onion 17 18. Cucumber 18 19. Carrot 19 20. Watermelon 20 21. Seed 21 22. Veg. seedling (item) 22 23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 23 24. Natural pastures/hayfields 24 25. Apple 25 26. Pear 26 27. Sweet cherry 27 28. Plum 28 29. Peach 29 30. Apricot 30 31. Walnut 31 32. Strawberry 32 33. Table grape 33 34. Technical grape 34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _

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LAND AND CULTIVATION OUTSIDE AREA A AND AREA B: Finally, I’d like you to tell me about your land outside Areas A and B. [Show respondent area designated on the map]

1. Open field area, ha 2. Covered area, ha C8.C. Area available, including _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C9.C. Area uncultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha C10.C. Area cultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C11.C. How much is: C11.1.C. Owned _ _ _ _ _ ha C11.1.C. Rented _ _ _ _ _ ha C11.1.C. Used for free _ _ _ _ _ ha

C12.C. If rented: How much did you pay in total for land rental in Area outside A and B? If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

C13.C. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in Area outside A and B? Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated _ _ _ _ _ m3

Crop C14.C. Cultivated

crops

C15.C. Open field

area, ha

C16.C. Covered area, ha

C17.C. Area irrigated, ha (of C15.C+C16.C)

C18.C. Number of

trees

C19.C. Amount

harvested, tons


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Now I’d like to talk with you about crops that you harvested from all three of these areas, excluding the garden plot. Please tell me about the 2013 agricultural season (01 November 2012 – 31 October 2013) only. C 20. [Interviewer: For each crop, enter C19.A+C19.B+C19.C in C20]: For each cultivated crop, please confirm that I have correct volume harvested in all areas in tons. Ask C21-C27 for each crop marked >0 in C20:

C 21. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume sold in tons. C 22. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume consumed by the household in tons. Please include consumption by livestock. C 23. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume bartered or paid as rent in tons. C 24. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume paid for labor in tons. C 25. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume damaged / destroyed / lost in tons. C 26. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume left as of the interview date in tons. Include the amount in cold storage. C 27. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume stored in a cold storage facility.

For C20-C27, enter amount in tons unless specified as “item” (crops #22 & #23)


[Interviewer: please check that C21+C22+C23+C24+C25+C26=C20]

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PRODUCTION IN ALL AREAS (EXCLUDING GARDEN PLOT)

Crop C20. Total

harvest, tons

C21. Amount sold, tons

C22. Amount

consumed by HH

and farm, tons

C23. Amoun

t bartered / paid as rent,

tons

C24. Amount paid to labor, tons

C25. Amount

damaged / destroyed / lost, tons

C26. Amount left, tons

C27. Amount stored in cold storage facility

(of C20), tons

1. Wheat 2. Barley 3. Oat 4. Corn 5. Sweet corn 6. Pea 7. Bean 8. Fodder plant/forage 9. Tobacco 10. Sunflower 11. Rapeseed 12. Soybean 13. Potato 14. Cabbage 15. Tomato 16. Pepper 17. Onion 18. Cucumber 19. Carrot 20. Watermelon 21. Seed 22. Veg. seedling (item) 23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 24. Natural

pastures/hayfields

25. Apple 26. Pear 27. Sweet cherry 28. Plum 29. Peach 30. Apricot 31. Walnut 32. Strawberry 33. Table grape 34. Technical grape _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _




Now I would like to ask you about crops that you sold during the 2013 agricultural season. Please do not include crops sold from the garden plot.

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For each crop sold (C21>0), ask C28-C32: C 28. Please tell me the volume sold in thousands of Lei. C 29. Which months did you sell the crop? [Mark all that apply; insert months in digits separated by semicolons] C 30. To whom did you sell the crop? [Mark all that apply] C 31. Where did you sell the crop? [Mark all that apply] C 32. Was this crop sold on the local market or was it exported? [Mark all that apply] C 33. Please tell me the total amount received from sales in thousands of Lei. [Column sum of C28]


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SALES FROM FARM PRODUCTION (EXCLUDING GARDEN PLOT)

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1. Wheat 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

2. Barley 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

3. Oat 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

4. Corn 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

5. Sweet corn 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

6. Pea 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

7. Bean 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

8. Fodder plant/forage 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

9. Tobacco 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

10. Sunflower 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

11. Rapeseed 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

12. Soybean 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

13. Potato 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

14. Cabbage 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

15. Tomato 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

16. Pepper 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

17. Onion 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

18. Cucumber 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

19. Carrot 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

20. Watermelon 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

21. Seed 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

22. Veg. seedling (item) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

24. Natural pastures/hayfields 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 8

9 99

25. Apple 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

26. Pear 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

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27. Sweet cherry 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

28. Plum 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

29. Peach 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

30. Apricot 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

31. Walnut 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

32. Strawberry 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

33. Table grape 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

34. Technical grape 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

C33. Total amount sold, thousands of Lei

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C 34. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much (in total, in MDL) did you (your farm) spend on the following? If you don’t pay money for any of the listed items but do obtain them or use your own, estimate the value in Lei. Please include expenses associated with cultivation of the garden plot. Even if an expense can be categorized under more than one row, please include it only once. [Read out the list and mark one answer per row.]

Lei Refused Don’t know

1. Seeds / seedlings 89 99 2. Fertilizers 89 99 3. Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, other chemicals 89 99 4. Livestock purchase expenses 89 99 5. Livestock care expenses (feed, veterinary, market, etc.) 89 99 6. Mechanized services (disking, plowing, seeding, etc.) 89 99 7. Part-time labor 89 99 8. Other labor (including full-time labor) 89 99 9. Irrigation water 89 99 10. Drainage services 89 99 11. Cold storage rental payments 89 99 12. Transportation costs 89 99 13. Post-harvest activities 89 99 14. Marketing costs 89 99 15. Repayments of loan principal and interest for agricultural loans 89 99 16. Other taxes related to agricultural production or sales 89 99 17. Rental payments to landowners for agricultural land 89 99 18. Agricultural land taxes 89 99 19. Equipment for drip irrigation 89 99 20. Equipment for sprinklers 89 99 21. Expenses associated with connecting to irrigation sources 89 99 22. Greenhouse construction and maintenance 89 99 23. Cold storage construction and maintenance 89 99 24. Other storage and physical/infrastructure improvements for farm 89 99 25. Agricultural land purchases 89 99 26. Agricultural equipment purchases 89 99 27. Other farm consumables (including tools, spare parts, and fuel) 89 99 28. Other major farming expenditures (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Other major farming expenditures (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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D. FOCAL PLOT Now I’d like to ask you some questions about one of your land plots. [Interviewer: read out cadastral code and show the plot on the map; re-enter cadastral code from the screener]

Cadastral code D 1. During the 2013 agricultural season, was the total area of this particular plot available for your or your household’s use? [One answer] Yes 1 Skip to D3 No 2

Continue Refused 89 Don’t know 99 D 2. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much of this plot was available for your or your household’s use? [Enter ha] Enter hectares _ _ _ _ _ ha Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 3. In the 2013 agricultural season, did you or someone else in your household own this plot? [One answer] Yes 1 Skip to D5 No, I/we rented it 2 Continue No, but I/we did not pay to use it 3

Skip to D8 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 D 4. In the 2013 agricultural season, how much (total) did you pay for the use of this plot? [Insert Lei; if you paid in kind, estimate value in Lei; if you rented only part of the plot, please indicate how much rent was paid for the part that you rented.] Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

Skip to D8 Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 5. How did you or your household obtain this plot? [One answer] Privatization 1

Skip to D8 Inheritance 2 Purchase 3 Continue Refused 89 Skip to D8 Don’t know 99 D 6. In what year did you purchase this plot? [One answer] Enter year _ _ _ _ year Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 7. How much did you pay for this plot? [One answer] Enter Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 8. In the 2013 agricultural season, did you cultivate this plot? [One answer] Yes 1 Skip to D10 No 2

Continue Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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D 9. Why wasn’t this plot cultivated during the 2013 agricultural season? [Mark all that apply] Not yet productive 1

Skip to D24

Fallow 2 Flooded 3 Rough-stalk meadow 4 No available labor 5 No working capital 6 Other 7 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 D 10. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much area of this plot did you cultivate? [Enter ha] Enter hectares _ _ _ _ _ ha Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 11. D11.1 In the 2013 agricultural season, which crops did your farm operation cultivate on this plot? If you cultivated a crop but did not have a harvest, please still provide the crop code. [Enter codes from Section C; if no code, specify crop; mark all that apply] D11.2. In the 2013 agricultural season how much did you harvest from this plot for each crop listed in D11.1? [Estimate tons (or items, if crop #22 or #23); if no harvest of this crop from this plot, enter 0; -89 = Refused; -99 = Don’t know] D11.1. Cultivated

Enter code D11.2. Harvest,

tons

Crop 1 Crop 2 Crop 3 Crop 4 Crop 5 Crop 6 Crop 7 Crop 8 Crop 9 Crop 10 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 D 12. In the 2013 agricultural season, how many person-days did household members work on this plot? Indicate values separately for men and women. [Estimate person-days] Men _ _ _ _ person-days Women _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 13. Excluding household members, in the 2013 agricultural season, how many person-days did paid full-time laborers work on this plot? Indicate values separately for men and women. [Estimate person-days] Men _ _ _ _ person-days Women _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 14. Excluding household members, in the 2013 agricultural season, how many person-days did paid part-time laborers work on this plot? Indicate values separately for men and women. [Estimate person-days] Men _ _ _ _ person-days Women _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 Don’t know -99

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D 15. Ask this question if paid laborers (full-time or part-time) worked on the plot. Please estimate the total amount paid to laborers separately to men and women for work on this plot during the 2013 agricultural season. If the laborers worked on more than one plot, please estimate how much of their wages can be attributed to work on this plot. Include the share of payments for mechanized services that can be attributed to labor. [Enter amount in Lei including the value of any in-kind payments] Men _ _ _ _ _ Lei Women _ _ _ _ _ Lei Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 16. Does this plot include an orchard, even if it is not productive? [One answer] Yes 1 Continue No 2 Skip to

D19 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 D 17. How long ago were the trees planted, on average? [Enter average number of years] Number of years _ _ _ years Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 18. Approximately how many trees are planted on the plot? [Enter number of trees] Number of trees _ _ _ _ _ _ trees Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 19. Is there a covered area on this plot? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 D 20. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much area of this plot did you irrigate? [Enter ha] None 0 Skip to D24 Total area 1

Continue Part of the area [Enter ha] _ _ _ _ _ ha Refused -89

Skip to D24 Don’t know -99 D 21. Over the 2013 agricultural season, how many cubic meters of water did you use to irrigate this plot? [Enter m3] Enter cubic meters _ _ _ _ _ m3 Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 22. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much did you pay, (1) on average, per cubic meter of irrigation water or (2) for all irrigation water used for this plot? [Enter either Lei per m3 OR Lei total] Irrigation price per cubic meter _ _ _ _ _ Lei/m3 Total irrigation in Lei for this plot _ _ _ _ _ Lei/total Refused -89 Don’t know -99 D 23. In the 2013 agricultural season, what irrigation source was used for this plot? [Mark all that apply] CIS/Apele Moldovei 1

Skip to Section E

CIS/WUA 2 Private provider 3 Own water source: well, lake, pool 4 Other 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

D 24. If you had access to irrigation water, what would you do differently on this plot? [Mark all that apply]

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I already have access to irrigation water 1 Skip to Section E I would make no changes 2 I would irrigate only in cases of severe drought 3

Continue

I would irrigate but make no changes to the crops I cultivate 4 I would irrigate and cultivate vegetables 5 I would irrigate and cultivate orchard 6 I would irrigate and cultivate vineyard 7 I would irrigate and cultivate other crops 8 I would sell my land 9

Skip to Section E if 3-8 are not also marked I would rent out my land 10

Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Skip to Section E Don’t know 99

D 25. How would your household finance irrigation and crop production (if applicable) on this plot? [Mark all that apply]

Own sources (family and relatives) 1 Informal loan 2 Microfinance institution or savings and credit association 3 Leasing company 4 Commercial bank 5 Other 6 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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E. OTHER FARMING EXPERIENCE In the past 12 months, from whom have you ….. [For each column, mark all that apply]

E 1. Learned about new agricultural

practices

E 2. Learned about which

crops to cultivate

E 3. Learned at what price to sell your

product

E 4. Received technical advice regarding your farm operation

E 5. Learned about

preparing business plans

and / or submitting

subsidy/credit applications

Agroinform 1 1 1 1 1 ACSA 2 2 2 2 2 MAFI 3 3 3 3 3 Raion Department for Agriculture and Food 4 4 4 4 4

ACED 5 5 5 5 5 Agroconnect.md 6 6 6 6 6 Mass media 7 7 7 7 7 Farm input supplier 8 8 8 8 8 Buyer/market 9 9 9 9 9 Farmers in the same community 10 10 10 10 10

Farmers in other communities 11 11 11 11 11

Family members 12 12 12 12 12 Other 13 13 13 13 13 No one 14 14 14 14 14 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99

E 6. Did you cooperate with another farmer or farmers in any of these activities during the 2013 agricultural season? [Mark all that apply]

Crop selection 1 Purchasing of inputs 2 Seedling production 3 Mechanical services 4 Harvesting 5 Storage 6 Grading, sorting, and packaging 7 Marketing 8 Transportation 9 None 10 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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E 7. During the past agricultural season (2013), did your farm experience any weather, plant diseases, or pests that adversely affected production? [Mark all that apply]

Droughts 1 Floods 2 Heavy rainstorms (Ploi torentiale) 3 Freezing conditions 4 Hail 5 Soil erosion 6 Biotic pests (insects, phytopathogenic contaminants (agenti fitopatogeni), animals) 7 Other severe pests 8 None 9 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

E 8. Relative to a typical year, during the past agricultural season (2013) did your farm receive: [One answer]

Less rainfall than is typical 1 The same amount of rainfall as is typical 2 More rainfall than is typical 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

E 9. During 2013, which was the busiest month of the agricultural season for your household / farm: [Enter month]

Enter month _ _ month Refused 89 Don’t know 99

E 10. During this month, how much time did you spend on the different activities listed in the table below in a typical 24-hour time period? Please provide your best estimate. [Ask for each activity separately]

List of Activities HH/MM Refused Don’t Know

1 Sleeping or resting _ _ /_ _ 89 99 2 Leisure _ _ /_ _ 89 99 3 Personal care (including eating and drinking, bathing,

etc.) _ _ /_ _ 89 99

4 Household work / care _ _ /_ _ 89 99 5 Non-agricultural work _ _ /_ _ 89 99 6 Agricultural work _ _ /_ _ 89 99 Total should sum

to 24 hours

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F. IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, SATISFACTION, AND USAGE F 1. Now I’d like to ask you about irrigation on your farm during the 2013 agricultural season.

CIS / Apele

Moldovei

CIS/WUA

Private Provider

Own water source:

well, lake, pool

Other

F1.1. Which external irrigation sources were available to your farm if desired, not including irrigation water you accessed directly? Please tell me about all of your land, not just land inside a CIS area. [For each irrigation source marked in F1.1, go through F1.2-F1.6 before turning to the next source.] Available 1 1 1 1 1 Not available 2 2 2 2 2 Skip to next

source; if Other, skip to F2

Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 F1.2. Did your farm utilize the irrigation from [SOURCE] during the 2013 agricultural season? [Ask F1.3-F1.6 for the source only if F1.2 = 1-Utilized] Utilized 1 1 1 1 1 Not utilized 2 2 2 2 2 Skip to next


Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 F1.3. How satisfied are you with the water quality (presence of sediment or other elements) from [SOURCE]? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 F1.4. How satisfied are you with the ease of working with [SOURCE] on things like ordering, billing, and other matters? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 F1.5. How satisfied are you with the cost/affordability of irrigation water from [SOURCE]? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 F1.6. How satisfied are you with the timely delivery of irrigation water from [SOURCE]? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5

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Refused 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99

F 2. How did your farm’s irrigation water delivery service in 2013 compare with irrigation service provided in the 2012 agricultural season? [One answer]

Did not use irrigation in 2012, 2013, or both 1 Much worse 2 Somewhat worse 3 The same 4 Somewhat better 5 Much better 6 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 3. Did you or members of your household/farm ever sign a water supply contract? [Mark all that apply]

F 4. Is there a water users’ association (WUA) in your community? [One answer] Yes 1 Continue No 2

Skip to Section G Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 5. Are you a member of a WUA? [One answer] Yes 1 Skip to F7 No 2


F 6. Is another member of your household/farm a member of a WUA? [One answer]

Yes 1 Skip to F10 No 2


F 7. What is your position in the WUA? [One answer]

Regular member 1 Sector representative 2 Executive staff 3 Administrative council member 4 Other administrative position 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

Yes, I/we have had or currently have a contract with a WUA 1 Yes, I/we have had or currently have a contract with Apele Moldovei 2 Yes, I/we have had or currently have a contract with another organization 3 No 4 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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F 8. How often does the WUA General Meeting take place? [One answer]

At least once a month 1 At least once a quarter 2 At least once every six months 3 At least once a year 4 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 9. Out of the last 5 WUA General Meetings, how many did you attend? [Enter number of meetings]

Enter number, must be ≤ 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 10. Have you/your household/farm paid your WUA membership fees for the current period? [One answer]

Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 11. Have you/your household/farm paid your irrigation fees for the current period? [One answer]

Yes 1 No 2 Not applicable 88 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 12. Please rate the degree to which you disagree or agree with the following statements on 5 point scale where: 1=“strongly disagree”, 3=”neither agree nor disagree,” and 5=“strongly agree.” [One answer per row]

G. AGRICULTURAL TRAININGS G1. Did you attend agricultural training in the previous 12 months? [One answer]

Strongly disagree

Somewhat disagree

Neither agree nor

disagree

Somewhat agree

Strongly agree Refused Don’t

know

F12.1. Being part of a WUA is a real advantage to my farm business. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F12.2. The WUA management is transparent. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F12.3. The WUA is really active in organizing and working with farmers.

1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F12.4. Farmers in this area cooperate well. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F12.5. The WUA is advancing the interests of all members. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F12.6. The WUA membership fee is fair. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F12.7. The WUA irrigation fees are fair. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

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Yes 1 Skip to G5 No 2


G2. Why didn’t you attend training? [Mark all that apply]

I have not heard about any agricultural trainings in my area 1 Trainings were too far away 2 Trainings were too expensive 3 Trainings were too time-consuming 4 Training topics were too expensive to implement 5 Training topics were too advanced for me 6 Training topics were too simple for me 7 Trainings were focused on crops that are not of interest to me 8 Had pressing work/business to attend to 9 Had pressing social obligation 10 Someone else from my farm attended 11 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G3. Did someone else from your household attend agricultural training in the previous 12 months? [One

answer] Yes 1 Continue No 2

Skip to Section H Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G4. Who from your household attended the most recent agricultural training? [enter roster code of household member from Section A]

Household member roster code from Section A

Continue to G5 with the training attendee. If

the training attendee is not available to answer questions, please skip to Section H. Refused 89

Don’t know 99

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I’d like to ask you some questions about the most recent training that you attended: G5. When did the training occur? [Interviewer: if the date is not in the previous 12 months, ask respondent if he/she attended a more recent training. If not, skip to Section H.]

Enter month and year _ _ / _ _ _ _ MM/YEAR

Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G6. What was the focus of this training? [Mark all that apply]

New varieties 1 Crop profitability 2 New agricultural practices and modern technologies 3 Greenhouse building and design 4 Harvest and post-harvest practices 5 Production of seedlings / seeds 6 Use of irrigation 7 Market access 8 Use of chemicals and fertilizers 9 Cost analysis 10 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G7. On what crop or crops did this training focus? [Mark all that apply; enter crop codes from Section C; if the training did not focus on a particular crop, enter 1]

No specific crop 1 Tomatoes 2 Other vegetables 3 Apples 4 Stone fruit 5 Table grapes 6 Other [enter crop code from Section C, if applicable] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G8. Was this training provided by the ACED project (which is sponsored by USAID, MCA-Moldova, and MCC)? [One answer]



G9. Who provided the training? [Mark all that apply] Private provider 1

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MAFI 2 Raion Department for Agriculture and Food 3 Extension Service provider (ACSA network) 4 International TA project 5 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G10. How many other members of your household participated in this training (with you)? [Do not include yourself in the count]

Insert number _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G11. In what city/village and raion was the training conducted? [Complete each row]

Country: [if not Moldova] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Raion: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ City / village: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

[Interviewer, if the primary respondent did not respond to G5-G11, please thank training participant for his/her time and continue interview with primary respondent (farm operator).]

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H. CROP AND POST HARVESTING PRACTICES/EQUIPMENT Now I’d like to ask about practices or equipment that you or others may have used in producing crops on your farm. APPLE PRACTICES H1. Did the household/farm cultivate apples in the 2013 agricultural season outside the garden plot? [One answer; interviewer: check C14.A + C14.B + C14.C to determine if the respondent cultivates apples]

Yes 1 Continue No 2

Skip to H7 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

H2. Show card H2 During the past agricultural season (2013), did you or others apply/utilize this practice or equipment on your farm? [Read out practices and equipment one by one]

Apple Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. implementing intensive orchard systems 1 2 89 99 2. weather stations 1 2 89 99 3. drip irrigation 1 2 89 99 4. water testing 1 2 89 99 5. fertigation 1 2 89 99 6. anti-hail net 1 2 89 99 7. frost management 1 2 89 99 8. integrated disease and pest management 1 2 89 99 9. fruit thinning to increase size of apples 1 2 89 99 10. picking bags 1 2 89 99 11. harvesting platforms 1 2 89 99 12. wood containers for harvest 1 2 89 99 13. plastic containers for harvest 1 2 89 99 14. color charts 1 2 89 99 15. penetrometers 1 2 89 99 16. cold storage (if not using, skip to 20) 1 2 89 99 17. humidity or temperature control in storage areas 1 2 89 99 18. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards 1 2 89 99 19. ethylene management (SmartFresh) 1 2 89 99 20. grading and sorting equipment 1 2 89 99 21. humidity or temperature control in packing areas 1 2 89 99 22. modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging 1 2 89 99 23. tray liners 1 2 89 99 24. open trays 1 2 89 99 25. punnets 1 2 89 99 26. returnable plastic crates 1 2 89 99 27. pre-cooling 1 2 89 99

H3. Check for apple practices (H2): [One answer]

At least one practice was used according to H2 1 Continue None of the practices were used according to H2 2 Skip to H6

H4. From whom or what did you learn about these practices or equipment? Please select the two main sources of information. [Mark up to two]

Family member 1

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Education (diploma) 2 Training session 3 Expert consultant 4 Neighbor 5 Other farmer 6 Mass media 7 Other 8 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

H5. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these apple practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H6. There were apple production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]

Did not know about practice/equipment 1 Costly 2 Doesn’t seem useful 3 Too advanced 4 Takes too much time 5 Used in previous season (if practice is not yearly) 6 Other 7 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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TABLE GRAPE PRACTICES H7. Did the household/farm cultivate table grapes in the 2013 agricultural season outside the garden plot? [One answer; interviewer: check C14.A + C14.B + C14.C to determine if the respondent cultivates table grapes]

Yes 1 Continue No 2



Table Grape Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. cluster thinning 1 2 89 99 2. bark girdling to increase grape size 1 2 89 99 3. growth stimulators 1 2 89 99 4. introducing new varieties 1 2 89 99 5. weather stations 1 2 89 99 6. drip irrigation 1 2 89 99 7. water testing; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

8. fertigation (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) 1 2 89 99 9. anti-hail net 1 2 89 99 10. frost management 1 2 89 99 11. integrated disease and pest management 1 2 89 99 12. harvesting platforms 1 2 89 99 13. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards for harvesting 1 2 89 99 14. cold storage (if not using, skip to 19) 1 2 89 99 15. humidity or temperature control in storage areas 1 2 89 99 16. inner packaging/storage (sulfur pads) 1 2 89 99 17. room cooling (forced-air) 1 2 89 99 18. pre-cooling 1 2 89 99 19. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards for packing 1 2 89 99 20. modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging 1 2 89 99 21. water-absorbent pads 1 2 89 99 22. open trays 1 2 89 99 23. punnets 1 2 89 99 24. returnable plastic crates 1 2 89 99

H9. Check for table grape practices (H8): [One answer]


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Family member 1 Education (diploma) 2 Training session 3 Expert consultant 4 Neighbor 5 Other farmer 6 Mass media 7 Other 8 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

H11. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these table grape practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H12. There were table grape production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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TOMATO AND TOMATO SEEDLING PRACTICES H13. Did the household/farm cultivate tomatoes or tomato seedlings in the 2013 agricultural season outside the garden plot? [One answer; interviewer: check C14.A + C14.B + C14.C to determine if the respondent cultivates tomatoes or tomato seedlings]

Yes 1 Continue No 2



Tomato and Tomato Seedling Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. seedling production (if not, skip to 12) 1 2 89 99 2. integrated disease and pest management for seedling production 1 2 89 99 3. micro climate control systems in greenhouses (ventilation, use of double layer film, heating) for seedling production 1 2 89 99

4. introducing new varieties/hybrids for seedling production 1 2 89 99 5. pallets for seedling production trays 1 2 89 99 6. peat for seedling production 1 2 89 99 7. drip irrigation for seedling production 1 2 89 99 8. water testing for seedling production; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

9. fertigation (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) for seedling production 1 2 89 99

10. supplementary illumination for seedling production 1 2 89 99 11. energy saving techniques and equipment for seedling production such as double tunnels and biomass heating generators 1 2 89 99

12. bumblebees or other techniques to increase tomato pollination in greenhouses 1 2 89 99 13. micro climate control systems in greenhouses (ventilation, use of double layer film, heating) for vegetable production 1 2 89 99

14. introducing new varieties/hybrids for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 15. mulching for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 16. drip irrigation for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 17. water testing for vegetable production; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

18. fertigation for vegetable production (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) 1 2 89 99

19. energy saving techniques and equipment for vegetable production such as double layer or biomass heating generators 1 2 89 99

20. growth stimulators for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 21. support systems for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 22. harvesting platform 1 2 89 99 23. plastic boxes 1 2 89 99 24. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards 1 2 89 99 25. tray liners 1 2 89 99 26. water-absorbent pads 1 2 89 99 27. open trays 1 2 89 99 28. punnets 1 2 89 99 29. returnable plastic crates 1 2 89 99

H15. Check for tomato and tomato seeding practices (H14): [One answer] At least one practice was used according to H14 1 Continue

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None of the practices were used according to H14 2 Skip to H18 H16. From whom or what did you learn about these practices or equipment? Please select the two main sources of information. [Mark up to two]


H17. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these tomato and tomato seedling practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H18. There were tomato and tomato seedling production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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STONE FRUIT PRACTICES H19. Did the household/farm cultivate stone fruits in the 2013 agricultural season outside the garden plot? [One answer; interviewer: check C14.A + C14.B + C14.C to determine if the respondent cultivates stone fruits: sweet cherry, plum, peach, or apricot]

Yes 1 Continue No 2

Skip to Section I Refused 89 Don’t know 99


Stone Fruit Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. intensive orchard systems; in other words, using new rootstocks, new cultivars, or tree support systems 1 2 89 99

2. weather stations 1 2 89 99 3. drip irrigation 1 2 89 99 4. water testing; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

5. fertigation (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) 1 2 89 99 6. anti-hail net 1 2 89 99 7. anti-rain nets 1 2 89 99 8. frost management 1 2 89 99 9. manual thinning 1 2 89 99 10. summer pruning 1 2 89 99 11. winter pruning 1 2 89 99 12. testing bud fertility 1 2 89 99 13. canopy training 1 2 89 99 14. horizontal lining of bearing branches 1 2 89 99 15. picking bags 1 2 89 99 16. cold storage (if not using, skip to 21) 1 2 89 99 17. humidity or temperature control in storage areas 1 2 89 99 18. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards 1 2 89 99 19. ethylene management (SmartFresh) 1 2 89 99 20. implementing controlled atmosphere in storage 1 2 89 99 21. temperature or humidity control in packing areas 1 2 89 99 22. modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging 1 2 89 99 23. tray liners 1 2 89 99 24. open trays 1 2 89 99 25. punnets 1 2 89 99 26. pre-cooling 1 2 89 99

H21. Check for stone fruit practices (H20): [One answer] At least one practice was used according to H20 1 Continue None of the practices were used according to H20 2 Skip to H24

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H23. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these stone fruit practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H24. There were stone fruit production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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I. CREDIT I 1. Have you or a member of your household applied for a loan to finance the farm’s operations from a bank, a micro-credit organization, a savings and credit association, or a government or donor sponsored credit program in the past year? [One answer]

Yes 1 Skip to I3 No 2


I 2. What was the main reason for not applying? [One answer]

Did not think I/we would qualify for a loan due to insufficient collateral 1

Skip to section

J

Did not think I/we would qualify for a loan due to credit history 2 Did not think I/we would qualify for a loan for other reasons 3 The terms of loans available are unfavorable to me/us 4 Afraid I/we would not be able to pay back the loan/did not wish to get into debt/too risky to take on debt 5

I/we did not know of available loans in my/our area/not sure of application process 6 I/we were able to borrow what was needed from family/friends 7 I/we did not need a loan 8 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

I 3. Have any of these loan applications been approved? [One answer]

Yes, at least one was approved 1 Continue No, none were approved and none are pending 2

Skip to I14 At least one is pending but none were approved 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

Starting with the most recent loan approved, please tell me:

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Loan 1 Loan 2 Loan 3 I 4. When was the loan approved? [One answer; if earlier that January 2013, skip to next section] Enter MM /YYYY _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 5. What was the purpose of the loan? What was the loan for? [Mark all that apply] Purchasing land 1 1 1 Purchasing inputs (for example, fertilizer/pesticides/improved seeds) 2 2 2 Paying for irrigation water 3 3 3 Introducing new crops 4 4 4 Purchasing livestock 5 5 5 Purchasing irrigation equipment 6 6 6 Purchasing other farm equipment (for example, a tractor) 7 7 7 Improvements to existing buildings or infrastructure 8 8 8 Constructing a greenhouse 9 9 9 Constructing new buildings or infrastructure for post-harvest activities (e.g., cold storage, packaging, sorting, etc.) 10 10 10

Constructing new buildings or infrastructure for other purposes 11 11 11 Refinancing/covering other loans or debts 12 12 12 Other 13 13 13 Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 6. Who applied for the loan? [One answer] Enter household roster code (from Section A) Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 7. Who made the decision to apply for the loan? [One answer] Enter household roster code (from Section A) Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 8. What was the source of credit? [One answer] RISP 1 1 1 IFAD credit line 2 2 2 Millennium Challenge Account-Moldova credit line/Access to Agricultural Finance (AAF) activity 3 3 3

Other donor credit line 4 4 4 Private or commercial bank’s own resources 5 5 5 Micro-credit organization1 6 6 6 Savings and credit association 7 7 7 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _

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Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99

Loan 1 Loan 2 Loan 3 I 9. What was the currency of the loan? [One answer] EURO 1 1 1 MDL 2 2 2

1 RFC, Microinvest, Prime Capital, Easycredit, Iutecredit, Invest-Credit, Gifi Vostok, Elat Profit, Priminvestnord, Excelent Finantare, Credit-Profit, Creditera, Dogmat Credit, Luxigorus, Credit-Rapid.

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Loan 1 Loan 2 Loan 3 USD 3 3 3 Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 10. What was the initial size of loan? [One answer; in thousands; use the same currency as in I9] Enter amount in thousands _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 11. What was the assessed value of collateral? [One answer; in thousands; use the same currency as in I9] Enter amount in thousands _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 12. What was the term of loan? [One answer] Enter number of months Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 13. What was the interest rate of the loan? [One answer] Enter interest rate / percent _ _, _ _ % _ _, _ _ % _ _, _ _ % Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99

I 14. If you or a member of your household applied for a loan to finance the farm’s operations in the past year and were/was rejected, what do you think was the main reason for rejection? [One answer]

No applications were rejected 1 Poor business plan or inability to demonstrate income 2 Insufficient collateral 3 Discrimination against farmers/people like me/us 4 Bad credit history 5 Repayment too risky 6 I/we do not have crop insurance 7 The loan I/we applied for was too small to interest the lender 8 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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J. EMPLOYMENT, INCOME, AND CONSUMPTION J 1. Now I want to ask you some questions regarding the income of you and your household members. The list of household members must be tied to the Household Roster (Section A); household numbers must be the same. Include information for every household member who was present in the household during 3 of the past 12 months and is 16 years old or older. Reenter A1 in column J1.1 and skip J1.2 if J1.1 is not marked J 2. What is this person’s highest level of completed education? [Ask only for those marked in J1.2; one answer] J 3. What is this person’s primary occupation? [Ask only for those marked in J1.2; one answer] J 4. What was this person’s total net non-agricultural income over the past 12 months for each of the following categories? [Ask only for those marked in J1.2; indicate amount in THOUSANDS of Lei; if the income cannot be provided by categories, insert total income in the last column; -89 = Refused; -99 = Don’t know]

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J 5. Do you consider agricultural activities to be the main source of your household’s income? [One answer]


J 6. Did/do you want your children to be farmers? [One answer]

I do not have children 1 Yes 2 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

J 7. How much did your household spend (in MDL) during the last year not including agricultural expenses? Please include all household expenses, including food, utilities, clothing, etc., as well as large purchases. [Please provide your best estimate]

Average annual household spending for 2013 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei


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S. SPOUSE MODULE

Check A1 and if the respondent has spouse – wife or husband – ask him / her to invite spouse for about 10 minutes to answer several questions. Re-enter spouse’s roster code and ask following questions.

S 1. Please, insert spouse roster code from Section A: _ _ Use the following codes for S2:

1 = Only me 2 = Only my spouse 3 = Both me and my spouse 4 = Other family member 5 = All family members equally

88 = Not applicable 89 = Refused 99 = Don’t know

S 2. I’d like to ask you about your farm. Please tell me: [Read out the list of codes; enter code in each row]

S 3. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your current membership in producer / agricultural organizations.

S3.1. Are you a member of any producer / agricultural organizations? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to S4 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 S3.2. Do you have a leadership position in any producer / agricultural organizations? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 S3.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in producer / agricultural organizations to which you belong? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

S2.1. Who in your household decided this season (2013) where and what crops to cultivate? S2.2. Who in your household decided this season (2013) when and where to sell crops cultivated? S2.3. Who in your household decided this season (2013) how much irrigation water to use?

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S 4. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your current membership in any types of cooperatives related to production, business, and marketing of agricultural products.

S4.1. Are you a member of any cooperatives? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to S5 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 S4.2. Do you have a leadership position in any cooperatives? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 S4.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in cooperatives to which you belong? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

S 5. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your current membership in savings and credit associations.

S5.1. Are you a member of any savings and credit associations? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to S6 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 S5.2. Do you have a leadership position in any savings and credit associations? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 S5.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in savings and credit associations to which you belong? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

S 6. Are you a member of a Water Users’ Association (WUA)? [One answer]


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S 7. During 2013, which was the busiest month of the agricultural season for your household / farm: [Enter month]

Enter month _ _ month Refused 89 Don’t know 99

S 8. During this month, how much time did you spend on the different activities listed in the table below in a typical 24-hour time period? Please provide your best estimate. [Ask for each activity separately]

List of Activities HH/MM Refused Don’t Know

1 Sleeping or resting _ _ /_ _ 89 99 2 Leisure _ _ /_ _ 89 99 3 Personal care (including eating and drinking, bathing,

etc.) _ _ /_ _ 89 99

4 Household work / care _ _ /_ _ 89 99 5 Non-agricultural work _ _ /_ _ 89 99 6 Agricultural work _ _ /_ _ 89 99 Total should sum

to 24 hours

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Questionnaire # Explain to the respondent that this is a longitudinal survey and that we will probably need to contact him / her in the future for participation. Explain that names and contact information will be kept confidential.

Reenter farm operator code

Respondent Spouse (if applicable)

Training attendee (if applicable)

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To be completed after the interview (Q7-Q13):

Q 7. Spouse interview result: Spouse is not present 1 Spouse is present but not available 2 Spouse is present but refuses to participate 3 Farm operator does not have a spouse 4 Spouse interview incomplete 5 Spouse interview completed 6 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Name ID Q 8. Rayon Coordinator (in capitals) Q 9. Field Manager (in capitals) Q 10. Revision Specialist (in capitals) Q 11. Data entry clerk #1 (in capitals) Q 12. Data entry clerk #2 (in capitals)

Q 13. Quality control result:

Quality control procedure was conducted 1 Date: [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] Quality control procedure was not conducted 2

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APPENDIX E

LARGE FARM QUESTIONNAIRE

APPENDIX E: LARGE FARM QUESTIONNAIRE MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH

MOLDOVA 2013/2014 FARM OPERATOR SURVEY FOS 2013/2014 sample FOS interview 1. Name / text 2. Code 3. Name / text Complete these columns before the

interview based on the sampling data Based on the interview

X. 1 Farm area _ _ _. _ _ ha _ _ _. _ _ ha X. 2 Farm operator X. 3 Respondent X. 4 CIS X. 5 Sample ID

Plot 1 X. 6.P1 Cadastral code X. 7.P1 Plot area _ _ _. _ _ ha _ _ _. _ _ ha X. 8.P1 Plot owner





(1) Include precise information on farm area, in decimals (2) If total farm area based on interview (X.1.3) is <100 ha, continue with Small and Medium Farm Questionnaire; if ≥100 ha, continue with Large Farm Questionnaire.

X. 9. Before beginning the survey, I would like to ask you a question to determine if you are eligible to complete the survey. [Show the respondent the cadastral codes and point out the plots on a map.] During the 2013 agricultural season, did your farm operate any of these plots?

Yes, my farm operation cultivated crops on at least one of these plots 1 “You are eligible to complete the survey.” Continue

Yes, my farm operation had control of at least one of these plots, even though it was/they were uncultivated

2 “You are eligible to complete the survey.” Continue

No, my farm operation did not have control over what happened on any of these plots

3 Code interview result as “farm/HH is not eligible” in Q4-Q6; ASK FIELD SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT

Refused 89 Code interview result as “refused” in Q4-Q6; ASK FIELD SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT

Don’t know 99 Code interview result as “other” in Q4-Q6; ASK FIELD SUPERVISOR TO PROVIDE REPLACEMENT

Name Code Q 1. Region (in capitals) Q 2. District/rayon (in capitals) Q 3. Settlement/village (in capitals)

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MOLDOVA LARGE-SIZED FARM OPERATOR SURVEY (2013/2014) Consent Statement: Hello, my name is (First name, last name):

I represent the Agribusiness Development Institute, which is fielding the Farm Operator Survey in

Moldova. The study is funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an agency of the U.S.

Government, and is being guided by Mathematica Policy Research, a US-based organization.

You have been selected for an interview based on the fact that you farm a land plot located in an

“Apele Moldovei” Central Irrigation System Area or adjacent to this area. Your participation is

very important to understand the situation of farmers in your region. The information that we will

collect will serve to measure the impact of rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure in Moldova.

Your reliable answers are very important for us.

The interview will take approximately two to three hours.

All the information we obtain will remain strictly confidential. This information will not be

released in any way that would allow identification of yourself, your household, or your answers.

This information will be used for evaluation purposes only, and all identifiable information such

as names or contact information will be removed.

Your participation is voluntary and you may choose not to answer any or all questions for any

reason.

You may contact ADI’s Regional Coordinator for this survey, at a number I can provide, if you

have questions, concerns, or complaints about the study or your rights as a participant.

Do you have any questions before we begin?

Questionnaire #

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INTERVIEWER VISITS Q 4. Visit 1 Q 5. Visit 2 Q 6. Visit 3 – final

1. Date [DD] [MM] [YYYY] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _]

2. Interviewer (in capitals) name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ID:_ _ _ _ _

name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ID:_ _ _ _ _

name: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ID:_ _ _ _ _

3. Interview time

Start [HH] [MM] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] End [HH] [MM] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _]

4. Visit result see result codes below [_ _] [_ _] [_ _]

5. Appointment for the next visit

Date [DD] [MM] [YYYY] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _]

Time [HH] [MM] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] [_ _] Location _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

DON’T FILL THE TABLE! Use codes to fill in 4. visit result above.

Interview result codes:

Interview completed 1 No one home 2 Make next appointment Farmer not available 3 Make next appointment Incomplete 4 Make next appointment Refused 5 Farm/HH is not eligible 6 Farm/HH not located 7 Other (Specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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A. RESPONDENT CHARACTERISTICS AND BASIC FARM INFORMATION I would like to ask you some questions about your farm: A 1. What is your role on the farm? [Mark all that apply]

Owner / Shareholder 1 Manager 2 Economist / Accountant 3 Other 4 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

A 2. How many years have you been involved with this farm? [Enter number of years]

Enter number of years _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

A 3. When was the farm founded? [Enter year]

Enter year _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

A 4. What is the legal status of the farm? [One answer]

Limited company 1 Joint stock company 2 Cooperative 3 Individual entrepreneur 4 Partnership 5 Association / union 6 Taxing physical entity 7 Peasant farm 8 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

A 5. What is the ownership status of the farm? [one answer]

Private business 1 Continue State owned 2 Skip to A7 Joint ownership 3 Continue Refused 89 Skip to A7 Don’t know 99

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A 6. A6.1. How many owners own the farm? [Enter number of owners] A6.2. How many of them are men? [Enter number of male owners] A6.3. How many of them are women? [Enter number of female owners]

1. All owners 2. Male owners 3. Female owners

Enter number of persons _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99

A 7. Could you please specify the number of paid employees who worked on your farm during the 2013 agricultural season (01 November 2012 – 31 October 2013) by the following categories: A7.1. Employees in managerial positions: (1) total number, (2) male managers, (3) female managers. A7.2. Other full-time employees: (1) total number, (2) male employees, (3) female employees. [Interviewer: If the respondent knows the approximate number, write in the number he/she indicates. If the respondent doesn’t know the number, please ask him/her if it is possible to consult his/her records. If the respondent does not know the number and cannot retrieve it from the records, please write code “-99” in the relevant cell; if the respondent refuses to provide the number, write code “-89” in the relevant cell; if the respondent did not have any employees of that type during the 2013 agricultural season, write “0” in the relevant cell.]

1. Total 2. Male 3. Female A7.1. Managers A7.2. Other full-time employees

A 8. Please estimate the total amount that managerial workers and other full-time employees were paid for work on your farm during the 2013 agricultural season. [Enter amount in Lei including value of any in-kind payments]

1. Total amount paid to employees

2. Amount paid to male employees

3. Amount paid to female employees

Amount paid to employees _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei

Refused -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99

A 9. In the 2013 agricultural season, how many paid part-time laborers worked on your farm? [Estimate person-days]

Men Women

Person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days

Refused -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99

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B. FARM AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS

B 1. Which of the following assets does your farm own? [Read out the list; mark all that apply; if the farm owns asset jointly with another farm, mark as owned]

Farm building(s) 1 Greenhouse(s) 2 Tractor 3 Irrigation equipment 4 None 5

B 2. Did your farm rent space in an operational cold storage facility for storing your crops during the 2013 season? [One answer]


B 3. Did your farm own or was it a shareholder of an operational cold storage facility for storing your crops during the 2013 season? [One answer]

Yes 1 Skip to B5 No 2 Continue Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 4. How close is the nearest operational cold storage facility to your farm? [One answer]

Less than 1 km 1 At least 1 km but less than 5 km 2 At least 5 km but less than 10 km 3 At least 10 km but less than 15 km 4 More than 15 km 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 5. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your farm’s current membership in producer / agricultural organizations.

B5.1. Is your farm a member of any producer / agricultural organizations? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to B6 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B5.2. Do you have a leadership position in any producer / agricultural organizations? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B5.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in producer / agricultural organizations to which your farm belongs? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 6. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your farm’s current membership in any

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types of cooperatives related to production, business, and marketing of agricultural products. B6.1. Is your farm a member of any cooperatives? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to B7 No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B6.2. Do you have a leadership position in any cooperatives? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B6.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in cooperatives to which your farm belongs? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

B 7. Now I would like to ask you some questions regarding your farm’s current membership in savings and credit associations.

B7.1. Is your farm a member of any savings and credit associations? [One answer] Yes, and it is/they are functional 1 Continue Yes, but it is/they are not functional 2

Skip to Section C No 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B7.2. Do you have a leadership position in any savings and credit associations? [One answer] Yes 1 No 2 Refused 89 Don’t know 99 B7.3. How much input do you have in making decisions in savings and credit associations to which your farm belongs? [One answer] No input 1 Input into some decisions 2 Input into most decisions 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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C. FARM PRODUCTION, REVENUE, AND COSTS Now I’d like to ask you some questions about crop production and revenue in field plots (Art. 82 and Art. 11) and greenhouses during the 2013 agricultural season. I’m interested in learning separately about the land and crops that you operate in different areas. [SHOW MAPS] C 1. Before completing C2 to C13, show the respondent the map and find out in which of the areas his/her farm operates land plots. Please tell me, on which of these areas did your farm operate land during 2013 agricultural season? [Mark all that apply; not all maps will have Area B designated]

Operated land in Area A 1 Complete C2 to C13 for LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA A

Operated land in Area B 2 Complete C2 to C13 for LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA B

Operated land outside Area A and Area B 3 Complete C2 to C13 for LAND AND

CULTIVATION OUTSIDE AREA A AND AREA B

Don’t know 89 Complete C2 to C13 in the first table - LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA A – but describe land and cultivation over all land, not just Area A Refused 99

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When answering these questions, please tell me about the 2013 agricultural season (01 November 2012 – 31 October 2013) only. [Interviewer: Ask for each area designated on the map: Area A, Area B, and the area that is neither Area A nor Area B.]:

C 2. C2.1. In the 2013 agricultural season, how much land in an open field, including uncultivated land, was available to your farm in this area? [Insert ha] C2.2. How much land in covered areas, including uncultivated land, was available to your farm in this area? [Insert ha] C 3. C3.1. How much land in an open field in this area was uncultivated? C3.2. How much land in covered areas in this area was uncultivated? C 4. 4.1. How much land in an open field in this area was cultivated? C4.2. How much land in covered areas in this area was cultivated? [Interviewer: check that C3+C4=C2] C 5. Out of the land available in this area, how much was (1) owned, (2) rented, and (3) used for free? [Insert ha]

[Interviewer: check that C5.1 + C5.2 + C5.3 = C2.1 + C2.2]

C 6. [Ask if C5.2>0] How much did you pay for land rental in this area? [If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei] C 7. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in this area? [Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated] C 8. Now let me ask you some questions regarding the crops your farm cultivated in the 2013 agricultural season. Which crops did your farm cultivate in this area? [Show crop card; mark all cultivated crops; if the crop is not shown, please enter it at the bottom of the table] C 9. [Ask for each crop marked in C8] For each cultivated crop, on how much land in this area did you cultivate this crop in an open field? [Enter ha] C 10. [Ask for each crop marked in C8] For each cultivated crop, on how much land in this area did you cultivate this crop in a covered area? [Enter ha] C 11. [Ask for each crop with C9>0 or C10>0] For each crop cultivated in this area, how much was irrigated/watered? [Enter ha] C 12. [Ask for each crop marked in C8 that is grown in an orchard] Approximately how many trees did you cultivate in this area? C 13. [Ask for each crop marked in C8] For each cultivated crop, please tell me the volume harvested from all land in this area, including open field area and covered area. [Enter amount in tons unless specified as “item” (crops #22 & #23)]

Use the following codes: -89 = Refused; -99 = Don’t know For C9, C10, and C11, indicate each area in ha: 10000 m2 = 100 Ares = 1 ha

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LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA A: First, I’d like you to tell me about your land in Area A. [Show respondent area designated on the map]

1. Open field area, ha 2. Covered area, ha C2.A. Area available, including _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C3.A. Area uncultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha C4.A. Area cultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C5.A. How much is: C5.1.A. Owned _ _ _ _ _ ha C5.2.A. Rented _ _ _ _ _ ha C5.3.A. Used for free _ _ _ _ _ ha

C6.A. If rented: How much did you pay in total for land rental in Area A? If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

C7.A. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in Area A? Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated _ _ _ _ _ m3

Crop C8.A. Cultivated

crops

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C10.A. Covered area, ha

C11.A. Area irrigated, ha (of C9.A+C10.A)

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LAND AND CULTIVATION IN AREA B: Now, I’d like you to tell me about your land in Area B. [Show respondent area designated on the map]

1. Open field area, ha 2. Covered area, ha C2.B. Area available, including _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C3.B. Area uncultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha C4.B. Area cultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C5.B. How much is: C5.1.B. Owned _ _ _ _ _ ha C5.2.B. Rented _ _ _ _ _ ha C5.3.B. Used for free _ _ _ _ _ ha

C6.B. If rented: How much did you pay in total for land rental in Area B? If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

C7.B. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in Area B? Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated _ _ _ _ _ m3

Crop C8.B. Cultivated

crops

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C10.B. Covered area, ha

C11.B. Area irrigated, ha (of C9.B+C10.B)

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trees

C13.B. Amount

harvested, tons

1. Wheat 1 2. Barley 2 3. Oat 3 4. Corn 4 5. Sweet corn 5 6. Pea 6 7. Bean 7 8. Fodder plant/forage 8 9. Tobacco 9 10. Sunflower 10 11. Rapeseed 11 12. Soybean 12 13. Potato 13 14. Cabbage 14 15. Tomato 15 16. Pepper 16 17. Onion 17 18. Cucumber 18 19. Carrot 19 20. Watermelon 20 21. Seed 21 22. Veg. seedling (item) 22 23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 23 24. Natural

pastures/hayfields 24

25. Apple 25 26. Pear 26 27. Sweet cherry 27 28. Plum 28 29. Peach 29 30. Apricot 30 31. Walnut 31 32. Strawberry 32 33. Table grape 33 34. Technical grape 34 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

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LAND AND CULTIVATION OUTSIDE AREA A AND AREA B: Finally, I’d like you to tell me about your land outside Areas A and B. [Show respondent area designated on the map]

1. Open field area, ha 2. Covered area, ha C2.C. Area available, including _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C3.C. Area uncultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha C4.C. Area cultivated _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

C5.C. How much is: C5.1.C. Owned _ _ _ _ _ ha C5.2.C. Rented _ _ _ _ _ ha C5.3.C. Used for free _ _ _ _ _ ha

C6.C. If rented: How much did you pay in total for land rental in Area outside A and B? If you pay in kind, estimate value in Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

C7.C. What was the volume of water you used to irrigate the land in Area outside A and B? Enter m3; enter 0 if not irrigated _ _ _ _ _ m3

Crop C8.C. Cultivated

crops

C9.C. Open field

area, ha

C10.C. Covered area, ha

C11.C. Area irrigated, ha (of C9.C+C10.C)

C12.C. Number of

trees

C13.C. Amount

harvested, tons


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Now I’d like to talk with you about crops that you harvested from all three of these areas. Please tell me about the 2013 agricultural season (01 November 2012 – 31 October 2013) only. C 14. [Interviewer: For each crop, enter C13.A+C13.B+C13.C in C14]: For each cultivated crop, please confirm that I have correct volume harvested in all areas in tons. Ask C15-C21 for each crop marked >0 in C14: C 15. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume sold in tons. C 16. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume consumed by the farm in tons. Please include consumption by livestock. C 17. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume bartered or paid as rent in tons. C 18. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume paid for labor in tons. C 19. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume damaged / destroyed / lost in tons. C 20. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume left as of the interview date in tons. Include the amount in cold storage. C 21. For each of these crops, please tell me the volume stored in a cold storage facility.




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PRODUCTION IN ALL AREAS

Crop C14. Total

harvest, tons

C15. Amount

sold, tons

C16. Amount

consumed by farm,

tons

C17. Amoun

t bartered / paid as rent,

tons

C18. Amount paid

to labor, tons

C19. Amount

damaged / destroyed / lost, tons

C20. Amount left, tons

C21. Amount stored in

cold storage facility

(of C14), tons

1. Wheat 2. Barley 3. Oat 4. Corn 5. Sweet corn 6. Pea 7. Bea 8. Fodder plant/forage 9. Tobacco 10. Sunflower 11. Rapeseed 12. Soybean 13. Potato 14. Cabbage 15. Tomato 16. Pepper 17. Onion 18. Cucumber 19. Carrot 20. Watermelon 21. Seed 22. Veg. seedling (item) 23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 24. Natural

pastures/hayfields

25. Apple 26. Pear 27. Sweet cherry 28. Plum 29. Peach 30. Apricot 31. Walnut 32. Strawberry 33. Table grape 34. Technical grape _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _




Now I would like to ask you about crops that you sold during the 2013 agricultural season. E.16


For each crop sold (C15>0), ask C22-C26: C 22. Please tell me the volume sold in thousands of Lei. C 23. Which months did you sell the crop? [Mark all that apply; insert months in digits separated by semicolons] C 24. To whom did you sell the crop? [Mark all that apply] C 25. Where did you sell the crop? [Mark all that apply] C 26. Was this crop sold on the local market or was it exported? [Mark all that apply] C 27. Please tell me the total amount received from sales in thousands of Lei. [Column sum of C22]


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1. Wheat 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

2. Barley 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

3. Oat 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

4. Corn 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

5. Sweet corn 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

6. Pea 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

7. Bean 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

8. Fodder plant/forage 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

9. Tobacco 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

10. Sunflower 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

11. Rapeseed 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

12. Soybean 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

13. Potato 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

14. Cabbage 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

15. Tomato 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

16. Pepper 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

17. Onion 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

18. Cucumber 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

19. Carrot 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

20. Watermelon 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

21. Seed 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

22. Veg. seedling (item) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

23. Tree fruit seedling (item) 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

24. Natural pastures/hayfields 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

25. Apple 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

26. Pear 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

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27. Sweet cherry 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

28. Plum 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

29. Peach 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

30. Apricot 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

31. Walnut 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

32. Strawberry 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

33. Table grape 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

34. Technical grape 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 89 99

C27. Total amount sold, thousands of Lei

C 28. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much (in total, in MDL) did your farm spend on the following? If you don’t pay money for any of the listed items but do obtain them or use your own, estimate the value in Lei. Even if an expense can be categorized under more than one row, please include it only once. [Read out the list and mark one answer per row.]

Lei Refused Don’t know

1. Seeds / seedlings 89 99 2. Fertilizers 89 99 3. Herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, other chemicals 89 99 4. Livestock purchase expenses 89 99 5. Livestock care expenses (feed, veterinary, market, etc.) 89 99 6. Mechanized services (disking, plowing, seeding, etc.) 89 99 7. Part-time labor 89 99 8. Other labor (including full-time labor) 89 99 9. Irrigation water 89 99 10. Drainage services 89 99 11. Cold storage rental payments 89 99 12. Transportation costs 89 99 13. Post-harvest activities 89 99 14. Marketing costs 89 99 15. Repayments of loan principal and interest for agricultural loans 89 99 16. Other taxes related to agricultural production or sales 89 99 17. Rental payments to landowners for agricultural land 89 99 18. Agricultural land taxes 89 99 19. Equipment for drip irrigation 89 99 20. Equipment for sprinklers 89 99 21. Expenses associated with connecting to irrigation sources 89 99 22. Greenhouse construction and maintenance 89 99 23. Cold storage construction and maintenance 89 99 24. Other storage and physical/infrastructure improvements for farm 89 99

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25. Agricultural land purchases 89 99 26. Agricultural equipment purchases 89 99 27. Other farm consumables (including tools, spare parts, and fuel) 89 99 28. Other major farming expenditures (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29. Other major farming expenditures (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

E.20


D. FOCAL PLOT Now I’d like to ask you some questions about one or more of your land plots. [Interviewer: read out cadastral codes and show the plots on the map; re-enter cadastral codes from screener; ask D1-D22 for plot 1, then turn to subsequent plots.]

Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plot 4 Plot 5 Cadastral code D 1. During the 2013 agricultural season, was the total area of this particular plot available for your farm’s use? [One answer] Yes 1 1 1 1 1 Skip to D3 No 2 2 2 2 2

Continue Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 2. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much of this plot was available for your farm’s use? [Enter ha] Enter hectares _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 3. In the 2013 agricultural season, did your farm own this plot? [One answer] Yes 1 1 1 1 1 Skip to D5 No, I/we rented it 2 2 2 2 2 Continue No, but I/we did not pay to use it 3 3 3 3 3

Skip to D8 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 4. In the 2013 agricultural season, how much (total) did you pay for the use of this plot? [Insert Lei; if you paid in kind, estimate value in Lei; if you rented only part of the plot, please indicate how much rent was paid for the part that you rented.] Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei

Skip to D8 Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 5. How did you or your farm obtain this plot? [One answer] Privatization 1 1 1 1 1

Skip to D8 Inheritance 2 2 2 2 2 Purchase 3 3 3 3 3 Continue Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Skip to D8 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99

[Interviewer: continue to D6 for each plot before turning to the next plot.]

E.21


Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plot 4 Plot 5 D 6. In what year did you purchase this plot? [One answer] Enter year _ _ _ _ year _ _ _ _ year _ _ _ _ year _ _ _ _ year _ _ _ _ year Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 7. How much did you pay for this plot? [One answer] Enter Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ _ Lei Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 8. In the 2013 agricultural season, did you cultivate this plot? [One answer] Yes 1 1 1 1 1 Skip to D10 No 2 2 2 2 2

Continue Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 9. Why wasn’t this plot cultivated during the 2013 agricultural season? [Mark all that apply] Not yet productive 1 1 1 1 1

Skip to next plot (D1); if

this is the last plot, skip to

D23

Fallow 2 2 2 2 2 Flooded 3 3 3 3 3 Rough-stalk meadow 4 4 4 4 4 No available labor 5 5 5 5 5 No working capital 6 6 6 6 6 Other 7 7 7 7 7 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 10. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much area of this plot did you cultivate? [Enter ha] Enter hectares _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99

[Interviewer: continue to D11 for each cultivated plot before turning to the next plot.]

E.22


Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plot 4 Plot 5 D 11. D11.1 In the 2013 agricultural season, which crops did your farm operation cultivate on this plot? If you cultivated a crop but did not have a harvest, please still provide the crop code. [Enter codes from Section C; if no code, specify crop; mark all that apply] D11.2. In the 2013 agricultural season how much did you harvest from this plot for each crop listed in D11.1? [Estimate tons (or items, if crop #22 or #23); if no harvest of this crop from this plot, enter 0; -89 = Refused; -99 = Don’t know] D11.1.

Cultivated Enter code

D11.2. Harvest,

tons

D11.1. Cultivated

Enter code

D11.2. Harvest,

tons

D11.1. Cultivated

Enter code

D11.2. Harvest,

tons

D11.1. Cultivated

Enter code

D11.2. Harvest,

tons

D11.1. Cultivated

Enter code

D11.2. Harvest,

tons

Crop 1 Crop 2 Crop 3 Crop 4 Crop 5 Crop 6 Crop 7 Crop 8 Crop 9 Crop 10 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 12. In the 2013 agricultural season, how many person-days did paid full-time laborers work on this plot? Indicate values separately for men and women. [Estimate person-days] Men _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days Women _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 13. In the 2013 agricultural season, how many person-days did paid part-time laborers work on this plot? Indicate values separately for men and women. [Estimate person-days] Men _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days Women _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days _ _ _ _ person-days Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99

[Interviewer: continue to D14 for each cultivated plot before turning to the next plot.]

E.23


Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plot 4 Plot 5 D 14. Ask this question if paid laborers (full-time or part-time) worked on the plot. Please estimate the total amount paid to laborers separately to men and women for work on this plot during the 2013 agricultural season. If the laborers worked on more than one plot, please estimate how much of their wages can be attributed to work on this plot. Include the share of payments for mechanized services that can be attributed to labor. [Enter amount in Lei including the value of any in-kind payments] Men _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei Women _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei _ _ _ _ _ Lei Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 15. Does this plot include an orchard, even if it is not productive? [One answer] Yes 1 1 1 1 1 Continue No 2 2 2 2 2

Skip to D18 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 16. How long ago were the trees planted, on average? [Enter average number of years] Number of years _ _ _ years _ _ _ years _ _ _ years _ _ _ years _ _ _ years Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 17. Approximately how many trees are planted on the plot? [Enter number of trees] Number of trees _ _ _ _ _ _ trees _ _ _ _ _ _ trees _ _ _ _ _ _ trees _ _ _ _ _ _ trees _ _ _ _ _ _ trees Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 18. Is there a covered area on this plot? [One answer] Yes 1 1 1 1 1 No 2 2 2 2 2 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 D 19. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much area of this plot did you irrigate? [Enter ha]

None 0 0 0 0 0

Skip to next plot (D1); if


D23 Total area 1 1 1 1 1 Continue Part of the area [Enter ha] _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha _ _ _ _ _ ha

Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Skip to next plot (D1); if


D23 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99

[Interviewer: continue to D20 for each irrigated plot before turning to the next plot.]

E.24


Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plot 4 Plot 5 D 20. Over the 2013 agricultural season, how many cubic meters of water did you use to irrigate this plot? [Enter m3] Enter cubic meters _ _ _ _ _ m3 _ _ _ _ _ m3 _ _ _ _ _ m3 _ _ _ _ _ m3 _ _ _ _ _ m3 Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 21. During the 2013 agricultural season, how much did you pay, (1) on average, per cubic meter of irrigation water or (2) for all irrigation water used for this plot? [Enter either Lei per m3 OR Lei total] Irrigation price per cubic meter _ _ _ _ _ Lei/m3 _ _ _ _ _ Lei/m3 _ _ _ _ _ Lei/m3 _ _ _ _ _ Lei/m3 _ _ _ _ _ Lei/m3 Total irrigation in Lei for this plot _ _ _ _ _ Lei/total _ _ _ _ _ Lei/total _ _ _ _ _ Lei/total _ _ _ _ _ Lei/total _ _ _ _ _ Lei/total

Refused -89 -89 -89 -89 -89 Don’t know -99 -99 -99 -99 -99 D 22. In the 2013 agricultural season, what irrigation source was used for this plot? [Mark all that apply] CIS/Apele Moldovei 1 1 1 1 1

Continue to next plot

(D1); if this is the last

plot, continue to

D23

CIS/WUA 2 2 2 2 2 Private provider 3 3 3 3 3 Own water source: well, lake, pool 4 4 4 4 4

Other 5 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99

[Interviewer: return to D1 for the next plot (if applicable); otherwise, continue to D23.]

E.25


D 23. If you had access to irrigation water, what would you do differently on these plots? [Mark all that apply; if respondent would do different things on different plots, mark all that apply to any plot]

I already have access to irrigation water 1 Skip to Section E if 3-8 are not also marked I would make no changes 2

I would irrigate only in cases of severe drought 3

Continue

I would irrigate but make no changes to the crops I cultivate 4 I would irrigate and cultivate vegetables 5 I would irrigate and cultivate orchard 6 I would irrigate and cultivate vineyard 7 I would irrigate and cultivate other crops 8 I would sell my land 9

Skip to Section E if 3-8 are not also marked I would rent out my land 10

Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89

Skip to Section E Don’t know 99 D 24. How would your farm finance irrigation and crop production (if applicable) on these plots? [Mark all that apply]

Farm’s own sources 1 Informal loan 2 Microfinance institution or savings and credit association 3 Leasing company 4 Commercial bank 5 Other 6 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

E.26


E. OTHER FARMING EXPERIENCE In the past 12 months, from whom have you or other farm staff ….. [For each column, mark all that apply]

E 1. Learned about new agricultural

practices

E 2. Learned about which

crops to cultivate

E 3. Learned at what price to sell your

product

E 4. Received technical advice regarding your farm operation

E 5. Learned about

preparing business plans

and / or submitting

subsidy/credit applications

Agroinform 1 1 1 1 1 ACSA 2 2 2 2 2 MAFI 3 3 3 3 3 Raion Department for Agriculture and Food 4 4 4 4 4

ACED 5 5 5 5 5 Agroconnect.md 6 6 6 6 6 Mass media 7 7 7 7 7 Farm input supplier 8 8 8 8 8 Buyer/market 9 9 9 9 9 Farmers in the same community 10 10 10 10 10

Farmers in other communities 11 11 11 11 11

Family members 12 12 12 12 12 Other 13 13 13 13 13 No one 14 14 14 14 14 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99

E 6. Did you cooperate with another farmer or farmers in any of these activities during the 2013 agricultural season? [Mark all that apply]

Crop selection 1 Purchasing of inputs 2 Seedling production 3 Mechanical services 4 Harvesting 5 Storage 6 Grading, sorting, and packaging 7 Marketing 8 Transportation 9 None 10 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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E 7. During the past agricultural season (2013), did your farm experience any weather, plant diseases, or pests that adversely affected production? [Mark all that apply]

Droughts 1 Floods 2 Heavy rainstorms (Ploi torentiale) 3 Freezing conditions 4 Hail 5 Soil erosion 6 Biotic pests (insects, phytopathogenic contaminants (agenti fitopatogeni), animals) 7 Other severe pests 8 None 9 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

E 8. Relative to a typical year, during the past agricultural season (2013) did your farm receive: [One answer]

Less rainfall than is typical 1 The same amount of rainfall as is typical 2 More rainfall than is typical 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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F. IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, SATISFACTION, AND USAGE

F 1. Now I’d like to ask you about irrigation on your farm during the 2013 agricultural season. CIS /

Apele Moldove

i

CIS/WUA

Private Provider

Own water source:

well, lake, pool

Other

F1.1. Which external irrigation sources were available to your farm if desired? Please tell me about all of your land, not just land inside a CIS area. [For each irrigation source marked in F1.1, go through F1.2-F1.6 before turning to the next source.] Available 1 1 1 1 1 Not available 2 2 2 2 2 Skip to next


Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 F1.2. Did your farm utilize the irrigation from [SOURCE] during the 2013 agricultural season? [Ask F1.3-F1.6 for the source only if F1.2 = 1-Utilized] Utilized 1 1 1 1 1 Not utilized 2 2 2 2 2 Skip to next


Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 F1.3. How satisfied are you with the water quality (presence of sediment or other elements) from [SOURCE]? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 99 F1.4. How satisfied are you with the ease of working with [SOURCE] on things like ordering, billing, and other matters? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 F1.5. How satisfied are you with the cost/affordability of irrigation water from [SOURCE]? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5 Refused 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99 F1.6. How satisfied are you with the timely delivery of irrigation water from [SOURCE]? [One answer] Totally unsatisfied 1 1 1 1 Somewhat unsatisfied 2 2 2 2 Neither unsatisfied nor satisfied

3 3 3 3

Somewhat satisfied 4 4 4 4 Totally satisfied 5 5 5 5

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Refused 89 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 99

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F 2. How did your farm’s irrigation water delivery service in 2013 compare with irrigation service provided in the 2012 agricultural season? [One answer]

Did not use irrigation in 2012, 2013, or both 1 Much worse 2 Somewhat worse 3 The same 4 Somewhat better 5 Much better 6 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 3. Did your farm ever sign a water supply contract? [Mark all that apply]

F 4. Is there a water users’ association (WUA) in your community? [One answer] Yes 1 Continue No 2


F 5. Is your farm a member of a WUA? [One answer] Yes 1 Continue No 2


F 6. What is your position in the WUA? [One answer]

Regular member 1 Sector representative 2 Executive staff 3 Administrative council member 4 Other administrative position 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 7. How often does the WUA General Meeting take place? [One answer]

At least once a month 1 At least once a quarter 2 At least once every six months 3 At least once a year 4 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

Yes, I/we have had or currently have a contract with a WUA 1 Yes, I/we have had or currently have a contract with Apele Moldovei 2 Yes, I/we have had or currently have a contract with another organization 3 No 4 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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F 8. Out of the last 5 WUA General Meetings, how many did you attend? [Enter number of meetings]

Enter number, must be ≤ 5 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 9. Has your farm paid your WUA membership fees for the current period? [One answer]


F 10. Has your farm paid your irrigation fees for the current period? [One answer]

Yes 1 No 2 Not applicable 88 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

F 11. Please rate the degree to which you disagree or agree with the following statements on 5 point scale where: 1=“strongly disagree”, 3=”neither agree nor disagree,” and 5=“strongly agree.” [One answer per row]

Strongly disagree

Somewhat disagree

Neither agree nor

disagree

Somewhat agree

Strongly agree Refused Don’t

know

F11.1. Being part of a WUA is a real advantage to my farm business. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F11.2. The WUA management is transparent. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F11.3. The WUA is really active in organizing and working with farmers.

1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F11.4. Farmers in this area cooperate well. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F11.5. The WUA is advancing the interests of all members. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F11.6. The WUA membership fee is fair. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

F11.7. The WUA irrigation fees are fair. 1 2 3 4 5 89 99

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G. AGRICULTURAL TRAININGS G1. Did you attend agricultural training in the previous 12 months? [One answer]



G2. Why didn’t you attend training? [Mark all that apply]

I have not heard about any agricultural trainings in my area 1 Trainings were too far away 2 Trainings were too expensive 3 Trainings were too time-consuming 4 Training topics were too expensive to implement 5 Training topics were too advanced for me 6 Training topics were too simple for me 7 Trainings were focused on crops that are not of interest to me 8 Had pressing work/business to attend to 9 Had pressing social obligation 10 Someone else from my farm attended 11 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G3. Did someone else from your farm attend agricultural training in the previous 12 months? [One

answer] Yes 1 Continue No 2

Skip to Section H Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G4. Who from your farm attended the most recent agricultural training during the previous 12 months?

[enter name and position of person]

Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Continue to G5 with the training attendee. If the training attendee

is not available to answer questions, please skip to Section

H.

Position _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _


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I’d like to ask you some questions about the most recent training that you attended: G5. When did the training occur? [Interviewer: if the date is not in the previous 12 months, ask respondent if he/she attended a more recent training. If not, skip to Section H.]

Enter month and year _ _ / _ _ _ _ MM/YEAR


G6. What was the focus of this training? [Mark all that apply]

New varieties 1 Crop profitability 2 New agricultural practices and modern technologies 3 Greenhouse building and design 4 Harvest and post-harvest practices 5 Production of seedlings / seeds 6 Use of irrigation 7 Market access 8 Use of chemicals and fertilizers 9 Cost analysis 10 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G7. On what crop or crops did this training focus? [Mark all that apply; enter crop codes from Section C; if the training did not focus on a particular crop, enter 1]

No specific crop 1 Tomatoes 2 Other vegetables 3 Apples 4 Stone fruit 5 Table grapes 6 Other [enter crop code from Section C, if applicable] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G8. Was this training provided by the ACED project (which is sponsored by USAID, MCA-Moldova, and MCC)? [One answer]



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G9. Who provided the training? [Mark all that apply] Private provider 1 MAFI 2 Raion Department for Agriculture and Food 3 Extension Service provider (ACSA network) 4 International TA project 5 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G10. How many other staff members from your farm participated in this training (with you)? [Do not include yourself in the count]

Insert number _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

G11. In what city/village and raion was the training conducted? [Complete each row]

Country: [if not Moldova] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Raion: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ City / village: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

[Interviewer, if the primary respondent did not respond to G5-G11, please thank training participant

for his/her time and continue interview with primary respondent (farm operator).]

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H. CROP AND POST HARVESTING PRACTICES/EQUIPMENT Now I’d like to ask about practices or equipment that you or others may have used in producing crops on your farm. APPLE PRACTICES H1. Did the farm cultivate apples in the 2013 agricultural season? [One answer; interviewer: check C8.A + C8.B + C8.C to determine if the respondent cultivates apples]

Yes 1 Continue No 2



Apple Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. implementing intensive orchard systems 1 2 89 99 2. weather stations 1 2 89 99 3. drip irrigation 1 2 89 99 4. water testing 1 2 89 99 5. fertigation 1 2 89 99 6. anti-hail net 1 2 89 99 7. frost management 1 2 89 99 8. integrated disease and pest management 1 2 89 99 9. fruit thinning to increase size of apples 1 2 89 99 10. picking bags 1 2 89 99 11. harvesting platforms 1 2 89 99 12. wood containers for harvest 1 2 89 99 13. plastic containers for harvest 1 2 89 99 14. color charts 1 2 89 99 15. penetrometers 1 2 89 99 16. cold storage (if not using, skip to 20) 1 2 89 99 17. humidity or temperature control in storage areas 1 2 89 99 18. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards 1 2 89 99 19. ethylene management (SmartFresh) 1 2 89 99 20. grading and sorting equipment 1 2 89 99 21. humidity or temperature control in packing areas 1 2 89 99 22. modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging 1 2 89 99 23. tray liners 1 2 89 99 24. open trays 1 2 89 99 25. punnets 1 2 89 99 26. returnable plastic crates 1 2 89 99 27. pre-cooling 1 2 89 99

H3. Check for apple practices (H2): [One answer]


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H5. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these apple practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H6. There were apple production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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TABLE GRAPE PRACTICES H7. Did the farm cultivate table grapes in the 2013 agricultural season? [One answer; interviewer: check C8.A + C8.B + C8.C to determine if the respondent cultivates table grapes]

Yes 1 Continue No 2



Table Grape Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. cluster thinning 1 2 89 99 2. bark girdling to increase grape size 1 2 89 99 3. growth stimulators 1 2 89 99 4. introducing new varieties 1 2 89 99 5. weather stations 1 2 89 99 6. drip irrigation 1 2 89 99 7. water testing; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

8. fertigation (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) 1 2 89 99 9. anti-hail net 1 2 89 99 10. frost management 1 2 89 99 11. integrated disease and pest management 1 2 89 99 12. harvesting platforms 1 2 89 99 13. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards for harvesting 1 2 89 99 14. cold storage (if not using, skip to 19) 1 2 89 99 15. humidity or temperature control in storage areas 1 2 89 99 16. inner packaging/storage (sulfur pads) 1 2 89 99 17. room cooling (forced-air) 1 2 89 99 18. pre-cooling 1 2 89 99 19. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards for packing 1 2 89 99 20. modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging 1 2 89 99 21. water-absorbent pads 1 2 89 99 22. open trays 1 2 89 99 23. punnets 1 2 89 99 24. returnable plastic crates 1 2 89 99

H9. Check for table grape practices (H8): [One answer]


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H11. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these table grape practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H12. There were table grape production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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TOMATO AND TOMATO SEEDLING PRACTICES H13. Did the farm cultivate tomatoes or tomato seedlings in the 2013 agricultural season? [One answer; interviewer: check C8.A + C8.B + C8.C to determine if the respondent cultivates tomatoes or tomato seedlings]

Yes 1 Continue No 2



Tomato and Tomato Seedling Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. seedling production (if not, skip to 12) 1 2 89 99 2. integrated disease and pest management for seedling production 1 2 89 99 3. micro climate control systems in greenhouses (ventilation, use of double layer film, heating) for seedling production 1 2 89 99

4. introducing new varieties/hybrids for seedling production 1 2 89 99 5. pallets for seedling production trays 1 2 89 99 6. peat for seedling production 1 2 89 99 7. drip irrigation for seedling production 1 2 89 99 8. water testing for seedling production; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

9. fertigation (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) for seedling production 1 2 89 99

10. supplementary illumination for seedling production 1 2 89 99 11. energy saving techniques and equipment for seedling production such as double tunnels and biomass heating generators 1 2 89 99

12. bumblebees or other techniques to increase tomato pollination in greenhouses 1 2 89 99 13. micro climate control systems in greenhouses (ventilation, use of double layer film, heating) for vegetable production 1 2 89 99

14. introducing new varieties/hybrids for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 15. mulching for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 16. drip irrigation for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 17. water testing for vegetable production; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

18. fertigation for vegetable production (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) 1 2 89 99

19. energy saving techniques and equipment for vegetable production such as double layer or biomass heating generators 1 2 89 99

20. growth stimulators for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 21. support systems for vegetable production 1 2 89 99 22. harvesting platform 1 2 89 99 23. plastic boxes 1 2 89 99 24. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards 1 2 89 99 25. tray liners 1 2 89 99 26. water-absorbent pads 1 2 89 99 27. open trays 1 2 89 99 28. punnets 1 2 89 99 29. returnable plastic crates 1 2 89 99

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H15. Check for tomato and tomato seeding practices (H14): [One answer] At least one practice was used according to H14 1 Continue None of the practices were used according to H14 2 Skip to H18



H17. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these tomato and tomato seedling practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H18. There were tomato and tomato seedling production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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STONE FRUIT PRACTICES H19. Did the farm cultivate stone fruits in the 2013 agricultural season? [One answer; interviewer: check C8.A + C8.B + C8.C to determine if the respondent cultivates stone fruits: sweet cherry, plum, peach, or apricot]

Yes 1 Continue No 2

Skip to Section I Refused 89 Don’t know 99


Stone Fruit Practices and Equipment Yes No Refused Don’t know

1. intensive orchard systems; in other words, using new rootstocks, new cultivars, or tree support systems 1 2 89 99

2. weather stations 1 2 89 99 3. drip irrigation 1 2 89 99 4. water testing; in other words, testing pH and/or salt concentration in water used for irrigation 1 2 89 99

5. fertigation (use of fertilizers dissolved in water in drip irrigation) 1 2 89 99 6. anti-hail net 1 2 89 99 7. anti-rain nets 1 2 89 99 8. frost management 1 2 89 99 9. manual thinning 1 2 89 99 10. summer pruning 1 2 89 99 11. winter pruning 1 2 89 99 12. testing bud fertility 1 2 89 99 13. canopy training 1 2 89 99 14. horizontal lining of bearing branches 1 2 89 99 15. picking bags 1 2 89 99 16. cold storage (if not using, skip to 21) 1 2 89 99 17. humidity or temperature control in storage areas 1 2 89 99 18. putting crates or boxes on pallets or using corner boards 1 2 89 99 19. ethylene management (SmartFresh) 1 2 89 99 20. implementing controlled atmosphere in storage 1 2 89 99 21. temperature or humidity control in packing areas 1 2 89 99 22. modified atmosphere/modified humidity packaging 1 2 89 99 23. tray liners 1 2 89 99 24. open trays 1 2 89 99 25. punnets 1 2 89 99 26. pre-cooling 1 2 89 99

H21. Check for stone fruit practices (H20): [One answer] At least one practice was used according to H20 1 Continue None of the practices were used according to H20 2 Skip to H24

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sources of information. [Mark up to two] Family member 1 Education (diploma) 2 Training session 3 Expert consultant 4 Neighbor 5 Other farmer 6 Mass media 7 Other 8 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

H23. During the past agricultural season (2013), on how many hectares did you apply at least one of these stone fruit practices? [Enter ha]

Enter Ha _ _ _ _ _ _ ha


H24. There were stone fruit production-related practices / equipment listed earlier that you never used. Considering all of the practices and equipment that you did not use, what were the two main reasons that you did not use those practices or equipment during the past agricultural season (2013)? [Mark up to two]


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I. CREDIT I 1. Have you/your farm applied for a loan to finance the farm’s operations from a bank, a micro-credit organization, a savings and credit association, or a government or donor sponsored credit program in the past year? [One answer]

Yes 1 Skip to I3 No 2


I 2. What was the main reason for not applying? [One answer]

Did not think I/we would qualify for a loan due to insufficient collateral 1

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Did not think I/we would qualify for a loan due to credit history 2 Did not think I/we would qualify for a loan for other reasons 3 The terms of loans available are unfavorable to me/us 4 Afraid I/we would not be able to pay back the loan/did not wish to get into debt/too risky to take on debt 5

I/we did not know of available loans in my/our area/not sure of application process 6 I/we were able to borrow what was needed from family/friends 7 I/we did not need a loan 8 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

I 3. Have any of these loan applications been approved? [One answer]

Yes, at least one was approved 1 Continue No, none were approved and none are pending 2

Skip to I12 At least one is pending but none were approved 3 Refused 89 Don’t know 99

Starting with the most recent loan approved, please tell me:

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Loan 1 Loan 2 Loan 3 I 4. When was the loan approved? [One answer; if earlier that January 2013, skip to next section] Enter MM /YYYY _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 5. What was the purpose of the loan? What was the loan for? [Mark all that apply] Purchasing land 1 1 1 Purchasing inputs (for example, fertilizer/pesticides/improved seeds) 2 2 2 Paying for irrigation water 3 3 3 Introducing new crops 4 4 4 Purchasing livestock 5 5 5 Purchasing irrigation equipment 6 6 6 Purchasing other farm equipment (for example, a tractor) 7 7 7 Improvements to existing buildings or infrastructure 8 8 8 Constructing a greenhouse 9 9 9 Constructing new buildings or infrastructure for post-harvest activities (e.g., cold storage, packaging, sorting, etc.) 10 10 10

Constructing new buildings or infrastructure for other purposes 11 11 11 Refinancing/covering other loans or debts 12 12 12 Other 13 13 13 Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 6. What was the source of credit? [One answer] RISP 1 1 1 IFAD credit line 2 2 2 Millennium Challenge Account-Moldova credit line/Access to Agricultural Finance (AAF) activity 3 3 3

Other donor credit line 4 4 4 Private or commercial bank’s own resources 5 5 5 Micro-credit organization 6 6 6 Savings and credit association 7 7 7 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 7. What was the currency of the loan? [One answer] EURO 1 1 1 MDL 2 2 2 USD 3 3 3 Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99

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Loan 1 Loan 2 Loan 3 I 8. What was the initial size of loan? [One answer; in thousands; use the same currency as in I7] Enter amount in thousands _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 9. What was the assessed value of collateral? [One answer; in thousands; use the same currency as in I7] Enter amount in thousands _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 10. What was the term of loan? [One answer] Enter number of months Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99 I 11. What was the interest rate of the loan? [One answer] Enter interest rate / percent _ _, _ _ % _ _, _ _ % _ _, _ _ % Refused 89 89 89 Don’t know 99 99 99

I 12. If your farm applied for a loan to finance the farm’s operations in the past year and was rejected, what do you think was the main reason for rejection? [One answer]

No applications were rejected 1 Poor business plan or inability to demonstrate income 2 Insufficient collateral 3 Discrimination against farmers/people like me/us 4 Bad credit history 5 Repayment too risky 6 I/we do not have crop insurance 7 The loan I/we applied for was too small to interest the lender 8 Other (specify) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Refused 89 Don’t know 99

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Questionnaire # Explain to the respondent that this is a longitudinal survey and that we will probably need to contact him / her in the future for participation. Explain that names and contact information will be kept confidential.

Reenter farm operator code

Respondent Training attendee (if applicable) Alternative contact person

1 Name / Surname

2 Relation to respondent

Other farm member

1

Friend 2 Neighbor 3 Other 4

3 Telephone number

4 Alternative telephone number

5

Add

ress

CIS area (if applicable)

Region

Raion

Primaria

Settlement (village / town)

Detailed address

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To be completed after the interview (Q7-Q12):

Name ID Q 7. Rayon Coordinator (in capitals) Q 8. Field Manager (in capitals) Q 9. Revision Specialist (in capitals) Q 10. Data entry clerk #1 (in capitals) Q 11. Data entry clerk #2 (in capitals)

Q 12. Quality control result:

Quality control procedure was conducted 1 Date: [_ _] [_ _] [_ _ _ _] Quality control procedure was not conducted 2

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